The Austin Zen Center community offers a haven of peace and harmony in which to engage in the arduous task of self-discovery through Zen practice. Welcoming diversity, the practice of zazen is available to people of every race, religion, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability. May all beings realize their true nature.
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This Week
Monday, 5/20
6:45pm » Guided Meditation with Betty Holmes
7:30pm » Urban Zen (7:00pm » Posture Clinic)
Tuesday, 5/21
6:45pm » Writing Group
Wednesday, 5/22
7:00pm » Wednesday Night Book Group
Saturday, 5/25
8:00am » Beginner's Instruction
8:00am » Early Morning Sit
9:15am » Saturday Morning Program
10:30am » Dharma Talk - Kosho McCall
Sunday, 5/26
11:00am » Dharma Punx
2:00pm - 3:30pm » Words of the Buddha
6:00pm » Meditation & Recovery
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AZC Closed for Memorial Day
Monday, May 27
The Austin Zen Center will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th.
The Certainty of Uncertainty with Betty Holmes
Tuesday evenings, June 4 - July 16
6:45pm - 8:15pm
This 7 week class will explore new ways of relating to uncertainty. Drawing from various Buddhist traditions, we will practice meditative and yogic techniques for creating intimacy with uncertainty, for relaxing with groundlessness, and for trusting the space underlying insecurity and doubt. Read more...
"Fearless & Free to be You and Me" with Glenn Noblin
Thursday evenings, June 6 - July 18
6:45pm - 8:15pm
This 7-week class will offer an opportunity to gain a deeper awareness of how fear can diminish our lives and how we can move beyond fear to a more vibrant and satisfying life. Read more...
Sheng Zhen Healing Qigong 1 with Laura Gillis
Saturdays, June 8 - July 27
12:45pm - 2:00pm
Qigong is the cultivation and exchange of Qi (vital energy) with the universe. Sheng Zhen Qigong classes consist of learning a series of gentle, simple movements, called forms, which help to promote circulation, improve body strength, reduce stress and facilitate a more calm, relaxed and balanced state of being. Read more...
Dharma Talks
Kosho McCall, May 11, 2013,
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Guest Practice
Interested in either starting or deepening your Zen practice in a residential setting with others? Our Guest Practice program is a short term opportunity (one to four weeks) that includes meditation, study, work practice and discussions with other practitioners about Zen Buddhism.
JustThis
Vulnerability in Practice
Practice makes us vulnerable. We are led to let the carapace of protection drop and to soften into a new way of being. What of our old protective habits of fear and retreat, anger and blame? This issue of JustThis speaks of the joys and sorrows of opening to our vulnerability.
http://justthis.austinzencenter.org
